Information Seeking Behavior and Use of Library Services by Disabled Students in Federal Universities in South-West, Nigeria

Q2 Social Sciences

International Information and Library Review Pub Date : 2022-05-11 DOI:10.1080/10572317.2022.2074718

Olajumoke Bolanle Williams-Ilemobola, Adebowale Jeremy Adetayo, Ganiyu Idowu Buhari, O. G. Omorinkoba

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Abstract

Abstract This study examined the influence of information-seeking behavior on library services used by the disabled in Federal universities in South-west, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprises 302 disabled students in Federal universities in South-west, Nigeria. Total enumeration technique was used. A questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was tested for reliability, yielding Cronbach’s alpha coefficients ranging from 0.74 to 0.75. Descriptive and Inferential Statistics were used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that advisory, carrel and consultancy services were the most available services. The most used services were user education services and consultancy services. The respondents’ information-seeking behavior mostly involves seeking information on health and retrieving information from the e-library. The study concluded that information-seeking behavior influenced the use of library services of disabled students. The study recommended that library management must provide more resources on health-related subjects, especially in electronic form. Finally, the management should improve their current awareness services tailored to the needs of disabled students and library staff should be trained on how to serve every library user irrespective of their challenges.

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尼日利亚西南部联邦大学残疾学生的信息查询行为与图书馆服务利用

摘要本研究考察了尼日利亚西南部联邦大学残疾人信息寻求行为对图书馆服务的影响。本研究采用调查研究设计。人口包括尼日利亚西南部联邦大学的302名残疾学生。采用全枚举技术。数据收集采用问卷调查。对仪器进行了可靠性测试，得出的Cronbach α系数范围为0.74至0.75。采用描述性统计和推理统计对数据进行分析。调查结果显示，咨询、卡莱尔和咨询服务是最容易获得的服务。使用最多的服务是用户教育服务和咨询服务。被调查者的信息寻求行为主要包括健康信息的寻求和电子图书馆信息的检索。研究发现，信息寻求行为影响了残疾学生对图书馆服务的使用。该研究建议图书馆管理部门必须提供更多与健康相关主题的资源，尤其是电子形式的资源。最后，管理人员应该提高他们目前的意识，为残疾学生提供量身定制的服务，图书馆工作人员应该接受培训，了解如何为每一位图书馆用户提供服务，而不考虑他们的挑战。

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